Fish Creek, Wisconsin

Fish Creek, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Fish Creek marina from Peninsula State Park
Fish Creek Location within the state of Wisconsin
Coordinates: 45°07′40″N87°14′49″W / 45.12778°N 87.24694°W / 45.12778; -87.24694
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Door
Town	Gibraltar
Elevation	600 ft (200 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	997
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	54212 [1]
Area code	920
GNIS feature ID	1564983

Fish Creek is an unincorporated community located in Door County, Wisconsin, United States, within the town of Gibraltar. ^[2] It is located on Highway 42 along Green Bay. ^{[3] [4]}

History

Fish Creek sits on the site of a Menominee and Ojibwa village known as Ma-go-she-kah-ning, or "trout fishing". ^[5] The first settler of Fish Creek was Increase Claflin and his family circa 1844, ^[6] and the village founder is considered to be entrepreneur Asa Thorp. Loggers and fishermen started settling in Fish Creek in 1853. ^[7] Thorp owned much of the area's land by that year, and built Fish Creek's first dock in 1855. The first post office began in 1866 in the kitchen of John Brown's home. ^[8] Fish Creek's oldest unchanged residence, the Alexander Noble House, was built in 1875 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.^{[ citation needed ]}

Fish Creek is adjacent to Peninsula State Park, whose main entrance is in the village.

Historical landmarks

• Freeman and Jesse Thorp House and Cottages
• Vorous General Store

Climate

Fish Creek Harbor and Thorp Pond Climate chart (explanation) J F M A M J J A S O N D     63     −6 −9     52     −8 −18     49     1 −6     97     9 −1     86     14 4     91     19 9     105     19 14     96     22 17     96     18 13     107     10 5     80     5 2     57     2 −4 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm Source: [9] Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     2.5     21 16     2     18 0     1.9     34 21     3.8     48 30     3.4     57 39     3.6     66 48     4.1     66 57     3.8     72 63     3.8     64 55     4.2     50 41     3.1     41 36     2.2     36 25 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

Education

Gibraltar Area Schools serves the community. Gibraltar Elementary School ^[10] and Gibraltar Secondary School ^[11] are the two schools. ^[12]

Gallery

• 
  Downtown
• 
  Welcome sign on WIS 42.
• 
  Post office
• 
  Sign on WIS 42
• 
  Harbor Park
• July sunset at Harbor Park
• 
  Fish Creek at night in October, as seen from Peninsula State Park
• 
  Fish Creek in the winter; postmarked 1909
• 
  Fish Creek in the early 1900s
• 
  Fish Creek; from a postcard prior to 1946

References

1. "Fish Creek ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
2. Map of Chambers Island and Fish Creek, Door County Land Use Services Dept, August 16, 2017 (Archived April 9, 2019)
3. "Fish Creek, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
4. Hometown Locator
5. Romance of Wisconsin Place Names by Robert E. Gard and L. G. Sorden, New York: October House, Inc. 1968, page 42
6. Door County Visitor Bureau.
7. "Fish Creek » History". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2008.
8. History of Fish Creek Post Office Related at Dedication by Elinor Maahs, Door County Advocate, Volume 99, Number 55, September 27, 1960, page 2
9. "NASA EarthData Search". NASA. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
10. Gibraltar Elementary School Archived May 3, 2022, at the Wayback Machine , gibraltar.k12.wi.us
11. Gibraltar Elementary School Archived May 3, 2022, at the Wayback Machine , gibraltar.k12.wi.us
12. Gibraltar Area Schools, Gibraltar Area School District, (Archived July 14, 2014)

External links

• Fish Creek Civic Association
• Fish Creek & Ephraim tour video, Around the Corner with John McGivern, Episode #612, PBS (Archived April 19, 2020)